What would/should the "small" investor invest in?

I am wondering, "What would/should the "small" investor invest in? What pisses the "small" investor off - like 'closed' IPOs, frontrunning trades, etc.?" What sort of IPO would it take to take the small investor off the sidelines and into an IPO? I am looking for relatively specific answers here....would an IPO from GS REALLY attract the small investor? If not GS, then who? (I am looking for questions/answers that specific)

I am wondering, "What would/should the "small" investor invest in? What pisses the "small" investor off - like 'closed' IPOs, frontrunning trades, etc.?" What sort of IPO would it take to take the small investor off the sidelines and into an IPO? I am looking for relatively specific answers here....would an IPO from GS REALLY attract the small investor? If not GS, then who? (I am looking for questions/answers that specific)

Thanks!

-gastropod

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There are all sorts of questions in here, so I am not clear on what you are asking but wanted to clear up some assumptions you made.

Small investors are typically not able to invest in IPOs and I don't think even if they were, it would be very attractive to very many. Google was on that was available to everyone but I think they are confusing and risky enough to keep the small investor away.

Goldman Sacks is already a public company, do mean on IPO where GS is the lead underwriter? That happens a lot.

What is your definition of a small investor? What specific question are you trying to answer?

Oh small investors would never be front run, it makes no sense, you would only front run a large order, otherwise there wouldn't be any reason to do so. Are you going to front run an order for 100 shares with a smaller order to make a fraction of a cent? Plus its illegal so it happens much less than people assume.

I am thinking of starting a company, but I would want it to be the most open company possible. I would want the IPO open to everybody. I would want it to be a chance for even the small investor. What would you want to see in such an IPO?

I doubt the choice is yours. I think sec law governs who is allowed to buy an IPO. (accredited - whatever standards those are, also allocation to brokers)

I suppose sec law is designed to protect us from ourself, ya think?

also, when I read Cramers IPO TSCM, he was working at GS at the time and they did the IPO and I was surprised by two things, first how little he knew about doing an actual IPO and how he basically had no say in anything, he was out of the loop once things got underway. Cramer's a noisy guy and I find it hard to believe no one kept him informed.